Author: Dave Schmid

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For the past 15 years or so I’ve been looking for the magic drum loop to use in one of my songs. I’d say going back to my Ensoniq TS-12 days (with the ability to use ASR-10 samples) I’ve enjoyed the easy use of drum loops in my music. Granted – this was all before […]

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After one of the most terrifyingly mediocre Mexican lunches that I’ve had in probably years, I had the opportunity of a lifetime present itself to me today. This: Plus this: Led to an extra 25 minute lunch outing in the attempt to obtain the privilege of spending an extra 30 cents a gallon for E85 […]

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Surprisingly – I’ve actually kept up with my morning swimming routine since mid-March of this year. Two, sometimes three times a week I find some way to get myself out of bed at 6am and drive myself to the local natatorium for a good 30 minute swim. Back in my “smaller” sized days – I […]

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The geek in me likes to keep track of numbers, charts, bandwidth, speed, etc. You get the idea (yes – charts too!) So in the past few months I’ve found a few Web sites that let you test your bandwidth speeds as many times as you want. I hit them every once in a while […]

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I’ve been tossing around the idea of doing Top 10 lists for some time now and figured now was as good of a time as any. Most will probably be around music or other such topics… and I’m starting out with one of my favorites – Cinematic Scores. I’ve long enjoyed a good cinematic score […]

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Ahhh… That feels better. I added another 100 pixels to the width of these pages… The images in my last post were getting a little cramped. Still have to hand it to Julien for his excellent Freshy Theme. Just… well – needed a bit more room!

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I came across my first set of “MOD” files while I was working at Radio Shack back in my high school days. Guess that makes it around 1991 or so… While I could go into more details here about what MOD files are – I’ll let you peruse Wikipedia for more information. During those days […]